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minus-squareairikr@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-211 months agoIndeed. I use Xfce and have to switch to Cinnamon to get a very good multi-monitor support.
minus-squareCarrotsHaveEars@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoWhy? I am running XFCE and didn’t have any problem using an external monitor.
minus-squareairikr@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoXfce have a hard time recognize recently plugged in monitors. I have to restart the PC with the monitors plugged in to have a 50/50 chance to make it work. Or just switch to Cinnamon and make it wok right away.
minus-squareCarrotsHaveEars@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoHave you tried any other distro with XFCE? I am running Gentoo and Void and both are fine.
minus-squareairikr@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoNope. Since Cinnamon fixes the issue, I have no plans to test with other distros 😊 But I might some day.
Indeed. I use Xfce and have to switch to Cinnamon to get a very good multi-monitor support.
Why? I am running XFCE and didn’t have any problem using an external monitor.
Xfce have a hard time recognize recently plugged in monitors. I have to restart the PC with the monitors plugged in to have a 50/50 chance to make it work. Or just switch to Cinnamon and make it wok right away.
Have you tried any other distro with XFCE? I am running Gentoo and Void and both are fine.
Nope. Since Cinnamon fixes the issue, I have no plans to test with other distros 😊 But I might some day.